Nicholas jenkins



(No Model.)

N. JENKINS. SHADE SUPPORT.

No. 443,525. Patented Dec. 30, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS JENKINS, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDENS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHADE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 443,525, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed April 15; 1889. Serial No. 307,228. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: secured and its oscillation relatively to the Be it known that I, NICHOLAS JENKINS, of arm precluded. IVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and C designates what I term a partial ring. State of Connecticut, have invented a certain It consists of a strip of metal bent into the 55 new and useful Improvement in Shade-Suparc of a circle and having its end portions ports, of which the following is a specificatwisted and bent so as to extend downwardly tion. at right angles and at the extremities bent My improvement relates to those shadeinwardly and upwardly to form hooks. The holders which are composed of arms supportlower edge of a shade can rest in the seats 60 [0 ing horizontally-extending rings or partial formed by the bottoms of the hooks. Ihave rings by which a shade is sustained. indicated this by representing a portion of a The object of myimprovement is to provide shade in dotted outline. This partial ring C between the arms and the rings or partial is arranged close to the inner side of the up- 7 rings an engagement which shall be simple per portion of the arm A. A screw D passes o and inexpensive and withal effective in prefrom it through the arm A and also through eluding any oscillation between the connected the plate B. This screw serves to secure the parts. parts together. As here shown, the screw is I will describe an arm and shade-ring or affixed to the partial ring and outside the partial shade-ring embodying my improveplate B has a nut E applied to it. The plate 70 2o ment, and then point out the novel features B has formed upon it prongs b, that extend in the claims. inwardly through holes 0 in the partial ring In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is C. The screw D prevents the disengagement a side view of an arm and a partial ring conof the prongs from the partial ring. and the neeted together according to my improveprongs preclude any relative oscillation be- 7: ment. Fig. 2 is a view of the reverse side of tween the partial ring and the arm. these two parts. Fig. 3 is a top view of the It will be seen that by my improvement I two parts. Fig. 4 is an edge view. Fig. 5 is v provide a very simple and efficient conneca horizontal section taken as indicated by the tion between a partial ring and an arm. dotted line 00 to, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a side view I havealso illustrated in Fig. 5 that the arm 80 of an arm and a portion of a ring connected A, provided with a plate B, made with prongs according to my improvement. I), can be secured to a complete ring C.

Similar letters of reference designate corre Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire sponding parts in all the figures. to secure by Letters Patent, is

A designates an arm. It is shown as con- 1. The combination, with an arm, of a ring 85 5 sisting of astrip of metal-such, for instance, or partial ring, a plate embracing the arm as brass. There may be any number of these and having prongs extending through holes arms. It will suffice to use two arranged opin the ring or partial ring, and a screw passposite to each other. These arms may extend ing from the ring or partial ring through the from any part commonly used upon or with arm and plate, serving to hold the parts toa lamp or lamp-fixture. It will be seen that gether, substantially as specified.

the strip is crimped. This serves as orna- 2. Inashade-support, the combination,with mentation, and also materially stiffens it in a partial ring bent inwardly and upwardly at the direction of its narrowest dimension when the extremities, of an arm, a plate secured to flat the arm and having prongs engaging through 9 5 5 The arm A has secured at its upper end a holes in the partial ring, and a screw passing plate B, which may be made of sheet metal. from the ring and securing the parts together, This plate extends horizontally. As here substantially as specified.

shown, it is bent to embrace the side edges of NICHOLAS JENKINS. the arm, and is fastened thereto by rivets Witnesses:

passing through it and the arm. Thus a very CLIFFORD J. HACKETT,

firm engagement between it and the arm is GLovER S. HASTINGS.- 

